The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
BOB SCHAFFERI had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can’t trump bad policy.
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Parents don’t like it, administrators don’t like it, and kids don’t like it, but politicians and bureaucrats in Washington love it–which should be the first indication to you that it is a troubled program.
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The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.
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It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
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They’ve asked me to do this temporarily. I don’t know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
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There’s fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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But, you know, they’re glad to see you when you show up to cover the football game. Nobody is ever glad to see a police reporter when he shows up.
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Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander’s boss to get that changed.
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Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.
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I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
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But here’s the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can’t. I can’t even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don’t get it.
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